there s no way around it, that s just the best one. believe me, i ve tried it every which way, and it really doesn t get better than pete butt. but this would have never happened under my administration. people are saying i made the trains less safe. not true, okay? not true. i did a lot for trains. i made them bigger, faster, less safe perhaps, but yeah, perhaps you did. perhaps. saturday night live s take on donald trump s recent trip to east palestine, ohio. meanwhile, president joe biden says he doesn t have plans to visit the town devastated by the train disaster, and we ll have his comments on why. plus, the first lady seems to have given away the president s plans for 2024. we ll play for you what she said. also ahead, a weekend of deadly russian strikes in ukraine brings more attention to the debate over supplying ukrainian forces with fighter jets. and a new report from the department of energy on the origins of covid. good morning. welcome to morn
tonight on the reidout . everyone i talked to is sick and tired and fed up of being bullied. the last thing i ever want to see in america is a civil war. no one wants that, at least everyone i know would never want that, but it s going that direction. everyone you know? you want a national divorce? will indulge her twisted fantasy and played out. spoiler alert, it does not and wear well for red state. guess where yours deep state ends up in the custody battle? ron desantis to cuddling conservative. pathetic and frightening. anything that makes conservatives feel uncomfortable should be illegal. things like black history and drug shows. tonight, barbara lee of california who just do that for candidacy joins me on what is shaping us to be quite a clash of democratic. we begin the reidout with the one thing republicans really hate , 20th century. from sitting back the clock on women s reproductive rights to trying to ban the mere act of learning about black history and
and 2 0 is how it finished. the world triathlon para cup in paris had to be a duathlon as another 0lympics test event was unable to take place in the city s river seine. the swimming leg didn t happen following discrepancies in water quality tests, which hadn t affected these events earlier in the week when competitors were able to practise in the river. world aquatics said the decision was made to not put the health and safety of the athletes at risk . the world athletics championships are underway in budapest, despite the start being delayed by a thunderstorm in the hungarian capital. the first medal of the competition went to spain in the men s 20km race walk, as alvaro martin took the gold in a world leading time. a total of four golds will be handed out today. you can keep across all the action on the bbc sport website. and that s all the sport for now.
continuing to make sure that any facility has off-site approval. reporter: yeah, residents still understandably skeptical about how all of this has been handled thus far. we know federal agencies have been going door to door. they ve been doing air quality, water quality tests. to this point, they say everything looks good. now, we know at the derailment site today, the ohio epa says they re going to begin putting in water monitoring wells to make sure the ground water is not contaminated. we also know at the derailment site, all the cars are gone except 11, which are being held as part of the ntsb investigation. residents here say, look, we know that, right now, things may look good, but we really are worried about the long-term effects that this contamination is going to have on our community. we really want to see norfolk southern be held accountable. to be fair, the company says they re going to stick by this community. they re going to keep their
regulations, it is the same result. the result is the public is sacrificed and public interest is being sacrificed. is there ever a time when a state alone on its own could handle something like what we see in east palestine? in the end, this comes down to the federal government is the only one who can actually do the fixing. what you are seeing is that the epa has to come in. the company did some water quality tests. it does feel like the federal government actually has a purpose as much as republicans seem to despise. yes, when ronald reagan said 40 years ago, the government is your enemy. don t trust the government. unfortunately, that abuse seeped into american consciousness to the point where we don t really feel that the government is on our side. every time republicans in particular democrats share